For They Know Not What They Do... Quakes Caused by Fracking Waste

[excerpt] "A dramatic increase in earthquakes in the Midwest is likely due to hydrofracking and other gas drilling, according to a new study from the US Geological Survey. It's not the drilling or fracking itself that may be triggering the quakes, but the disposal of toxic wastewater, which is pumped back deep into the ground...."

Majia here: Unfortunately, these earthquakes are occurring in places that have nuclear plants that were not designed to withstand earthquakes.

This occurred with the North Anna quake, which caused problems for the nuclear reactor there:

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I am a Professor at a large public university. I study political economy and biopolitics (the politics of life). My interests are diverse but are broadly concerned with economic, social and environmental justice. I have published 5 books: Crisis Communication, Liberal Democracy and Ecological Sustainability: The Threat of Financial and Energy Complexes in the Twenty-First Century (2016); Fukusima and the Privatization of Risk (2013); Constructing Autism (2005); Governmentality, Biopower and Everyday Life (2008/2011); Governing Childhood (2010).
I also participated in an edited collection on Fukushima: Fukushima: Dispossession or Denuclearization (2014).